Workers’ comp changes killed in Olympia

Changing the state’s workers’ compensation program – a priority for businesses who feel it is too generous to workers – won’t be happening this legislative session, the Seattle Weekly’s Laura Onsot reports.

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle), whose committee oversees workers’ comp, made it clear this morning that she will not support any bills related to changing the system because “we just cannot get legislation, policy wise, through this 60-day short session.”